Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1892, Page 10

JUANATA. THE BLUE JUNIAT A. |eess, Scotts, ionent A.Biver That Has Been Immortal- ized in Song and Story. SCENES-ON A CANOEING TRIP Mm Many Places There is All the Solitade ‘That Existed When the Indians Roamed Along Its Banks—Capt. Jack and How His Memory te Ferpetanted. ‘(@eerespendence of the Events Star. Axor ex Jommts,Pa, Joly 1, 1892. HO HAS NOT REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Building Operations Under the Dis- trict Lien Law. CAPITOL HILL PROPERTY, A Recent Notable Sale—Residence Sites in the Suburbs and the Effect on City Property— Improvements of Various Kinds in Pro- ‘Gress and in Prospect. UBLIO ATTENTION L__Bnas been called during 4 the” past week to the } lien law through » de- cision rendered by Judge Cox. This de- cision is in line with previous decisions made by the District court, and emphasizes the principle vhat the lien law was not framed for i the purpose of giving an undue preference to any of the parties to the erection of a house. By a former decision the court held that the contractor under a sub- contractor could not come back on the owner to make goed any loss occasioned by the de- Iinquency of the subcontractor. Now the last decision maintains the principle that the owner nt, | i# Rot required to pay out more than the con- tract agreed upon, and that therefore a hen east Seen’ terse kyva oe contractor or "otevial man does not oper- ate prior to the date of filing the lien. If the — subcontractor . becomes convinced that the contractor is not acting in good faith andis linble to retain the mone Paid to him by the owner to meet the instali- ments on the contract price as they become due then he should notify the owner before the 10 flourished in the valley from to 1765. Tradition says that in his money is paid. The court holds that it is an in- fastice to compel a man to pay twice for the same service. fore the law is construed to mean that the lien of a subcontractor or ma- terial man is not retroactive and can apply only to claime due after the date of filing the lien. ‘The rights of the contractor as contemplated by the law are maintained, and the priority of his the navy and to three thriving towns | fa the (states of Colorado, Michigan and | jebraska, as well as totwo busy towns aud a! county in the keystone state. Whoever has | with him in memory a lasting picture of de- Night. JUST Now AT ITS BEST. And just now. of all seasons of the year, the Jurfiata, with all its surroundings, is at its best. It is beautiful beyond words in the cele- rated Indian summer. when the picturesque that line its banks stand in all the glory of nd it is ifully in the glad May time, when region reawakens with joyous throbs ‘of loosened bonds. It is marvel- eusly beantiful even when the sere leaves of November ftoat swiftly on the dark water and ‘the current murmurs hoarsely its discontent in ‘the bleak wind, and likewise when its smooth frozen surface, flanked by leafless trunks and ‘evergreens brooding close to the snow, bears never-ending troops of merry skaters, preserv- undiminished the charm of its outlines af ‘all times. But just now, when the boundless romise of the month of June is about fulfilling the and leafy perfection of July, when Dame Nature is rioting here in a very satur- alia of beauty and scattering her gifts with Prodigal waste on every hand—locust blossoms and honevsuckles and laurel and rhododendrons scenting the woods and daisies and wild roses decking the meadow banks—the Juniata needs only to be visited and witnessed to be wor- ahi; ever after by all lovers of mountain and river scenery. It ix not so much a case of quantity as of rare ity. The river's course does not exceed in 250 miles from its triple sourceson the crests of the Alleghenies, respectively near Altoona, the Bald le mountain and Somer- set county, within astone’s throw of one of the Potomac’s upper sources, to the Susque- hanna, above Harrisparg: but within this com- pass it presents a rapid and varied secession of entrancing landscapes, probably unsurpassed anywhere in their way in the whole world. A CANOEING TAIP FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH. The writer is fortunate in having been one of a party who have just completed a canoeing trip from one end of the river to the other, beginning in turn at the headwaters of each of its two largest branches, the Raystown and the Frankstown, and pursuing the combined cur- ens from Huntingdon to its mouth. Without epltenticn the trip hasbeen the most enjoy- le in an artistic sense that could be imagined. Equipped with a portable supply of provisions ‘and light tents for camping on the cool banks et night, and well provided with kodake and Sketch pads, the party paddled down stream in were found to be too steep or dangerous for “shooting” the party carried their cances round them. Of necessity the illustrations Secured and set ent herewith can only imper- fectly suggest, not adequately the — ma to be seen and acti itor. ibsbie. alley was for the a wilderness, traversed only by occa- traders on pack saddles, to be succeeded | later by ent stage coach. Fifty years LOOKING ACROSS “JACKS NARROWS.” once seen if under favoring conditious carries | youth he was a captive among the Iroquois and ned their tongue, customs and woodcraft to fection. Later he built a rude cabin for self and family on an island in the Juniata near its mouth, above Duncannon, cleared a little land, and happy and free from care imself with the pleasures of hunting and fishing. But ore evening on his ort he found his cabin burned and his nd child murdered. From = jour he was a changed man. Swearing undying eupon the redskins, he formed a band of forest rangers for the protection of the ts, received a commission as captain from the colonial governor of vania (the record is still preserved in the state Harrisburg), and proceeded thence- | liens. and his wife an: an untiring warfare upon the by reason of their famous exploits, became a veritable terror to the In- dians. ‘Jack” was variously known as “Capt. Jack.” the “Black Hunter,” “Black Rifle,” and the “Wild Hunter of the ‘Juniata. Washing- iks of him highly in his biogra fsshington, and describes minutely Personal appearance of his band as cl their leather hunting shirts, I threaded with noiscless footsteps le of the wilderness in the time Kk. ings, and moc- CAPT. JACK'S MEMORY. “Jack's” name is bequeathed to the imposing mountain that runs north and south from the brink of the river, which cuts it in two and hurriedly through the two-mile glen 28 ‘Jack's Narrows,” between Mapleton and Mount Union. On the very summit of the mountain, 2,000 feet above the sea level, in the center of @ wooded table land of a mile or ¢o in diameter, bursts up ‘Jack's spring,” a ma; cent fount of ice-cold water, absolutely trans- parent. Its reservoir, 12 feet long by7 feet wide and 3 feet deep, is lined by nature with stones. The outgoing stream is enormous and never fluctuates in volume, even in the dryest weather. Strange nowhere is there any higher ground than tha occupied by the spring. Where its water comes from, therefore, is a subject of interesting speculation. A’ young man of Huntingdon, the river, not long ago wrote snow-white sand twelve miles uj of it enthusiastically: fty nook, this living ts of noon can find » Forever bubbling up to cool ts rocky showy sanded basin ; And as the fount itself Is fair, thrown shadows darkling round it ‘So lovely are the sights that Slopes wide the Vi lopes Ee der. clcar a ath bestow, _ Down fumbling o'er the thowntain With many a frolicsome cantata,” At the foot of the mountain it breaks into a series of charming waterfalls before empt} into the river, a mile above Mount Union, an inity, where he was wont to drink from the refreshing torrent when heated —no one knows the exact spo marked—the redoubtable “Captain Jack's” bones W. W. Fuller of Mount right in that vicin lie buried to this day. Union, who has written a long ing “Jack's Narrows, sleeper by the river's shore thus: “*A friend to friend. a foe to foe, ‘To stand he was not slac ‘The narrows wear that hi ‘The name of ‘Captain “Our Kranks” at the National. Notwithstanding the adverse circumstances at- tending the Odd Fellows’ benefit Thursday night the efforts of Federal City Lodge were accorded a flattering reception at the National Theater. Mr. Wendell A. Smith’s new musical absurdity, “Our Kranks,” was successfully presented. The Academy of Music had been secured, but late the entertainment had to be trans- National Theater, as the Commis- ‘ sioners would not grant a suspension of their A large and fashionable audience d the Federal City Comedy Company, led by Mrs. J. J. Burnham, better known to Yashington public as Emma Austin, who scored a pronounced success as Nora. Janie, the child prodi made her initial canal, ia canal, Fanning ete ile claims over any encumbrance that may placed on the property is amerted tobe good jor three months after the completion of the worl FOR THE PROTECTION OF OWNERS. ‘It was claimed for the law when it was enacted that it was designed to protect the mechanics and laboring men from being robbed of their Just wages by an unscrupulous contractor. For this reason the journeyman and laborer were given the right to place liens on property as well as the material men, subcontractor and contractor. While no doubt it was just to pro- tect the rights of the employes it was found that one of the practical operations of the law was to indore the credit of men engaged in building, the property, in the event of their inability to meet their obligations, being held liable for the claims of the men who supplied the material. In this way a number of men were able to engage in business as con- tractors who had neither capital nor credit. This circumstance led to adoption of measures for the protection of the owners and it is now a common feature of # contract with lider to a for the peri cemreseennaaten te completion of the building indemnifying the owner against any liability which might arise from the filing of ‘Another device is'a clause in the con- tract which enables the owner to retain a cer- tain percentage of the contract price for the period of three months. Before, however, the effect of the lien law ‘was fully understood losses were sustained by those e1 in building arising from the irré- sponsibility. of contractors. There are, of course, still instances where persons building have incurred losses owing to their neglect to rotect themselves against the possible o} ion of the law. The average number of liens now filed is about one a day, but the working of the law is now so generally known that there are but few cases of imposition. The desire to getas much for the money as possible leads ople now, as before the pasmage of the law, to Take risks 'in employing ‘men to build for them. By adopting, however, onl; | ordinary business precautions building can be done here without loss, as is shown b; the extremely small percentage of liens file In this connection it is jcant that a larger amount of money was expended in buildings last year than during any previous year and the prospect is that this record will be 6 by it of the present year. VALUES ON CAPITOL HILL. During the past week a deed was placed on record transferring a lot 163(x80 feet at the corner of East Capitol and 6th streets. The consideration named was $5,300, which makes the per foot price of the lot $4. The dimen- sions of the lot are rather unusual, but still it must beadmitted that $5,900isapretiy good price to Pay for a single building lot in any section of the city. ‘There may have been special reasons for the price paid for this lot, euch as ite rela- tions to adjoining lots, There is ‘no doubt, however, that prices of property in the eastern section of the city are advancing. It is quite within the range of possibilities that Capitol Hill will come to dispute with the northwest the prominence in prices. In that event, per- haps, high-priced land will mo longer be the subject of the criticism which it has aroused occasionally in the past, AMPHITHEATER FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS. Howard University has begun the erection of an operating amphitheater building in the grounds of the Freedman’s Hospital from plans by A. P. Clark, jr., architect. ‘The construction of this building will fill a long-needed want on the part of the surgical students of that institu tion. The new amphitheater will be thoroughly mipped and equal to any in the country and will accommodate 200 students, ‘The theater will be forty feet square, with seven tiers of seats rising rapidly {n height on the icosacoustic curve or line, of equal hearing and sight. The plan is in the shape of a Greek theater, in the it of which is the operating space, which will Lave its floors and inclosing ‘balustrade. gur- faced with granolithic. At either side will be spaces for sinks, tables, instrament cases, &0. ight will be obtained principally by alargesky- directly over, the operating spece. An intermediate story is formed under the rising of the seats at the highest which will be Sede Scan es ent ypartment, 20x feet, and histol room, 20x18 feet, also the heating room. will be heated by steam and will be ventilated by four large shafts containing aspirating coils. A NEW LAW SCHOOL BUILDING. Mr. A. P. Clark, fr., architect, has also pre- pared the plans for the new building for How- ard University law school, at 420 Sth street building sixty feet long. The seats will be raised on ascending platforms, and will accom- mode 150. The roof will be of open timber construction, with richly decorated trusses. will be dormer.windows in each THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.-©.- SAT BOOK NOTICES. THE AVERAGE WOMAN. ‘Watcorr BaiEs- a New Yorus Bates AMERIC, STATESMAN; Words of James G. Blaine. Ber’s Sons. Washington: Brentano's. Invino BaceRt- as. L. We & Co. PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF Papers of Grover Cleveland. FRancts GorTesencrr. Ni VE. By THomas M'CALEB. Putnam's Sons, Washington: ERS. Edited bj by Thomas Writ lew York: G. P. Put- nam’s Sons. Was! : We Tr isol THE EXGHSH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH ‘Washington: W. H. SARACINESCA. By Manion CRAWFORD. York: Machina & Co. Washington: 0" By B.M. Snrnwan. From the French Gennevraye. New York: Lovell, Coryell ‘ashington: Brentano's. THE LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE. Two volumes. ‘DANIEL CoNwar. ‘Washington: W. H. Mor- SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. By MARY TREMAIX, M.A. nam’s Sons. Washington: W. H. M YS YOUR TAXES? By David Wells, ndrews, Thos. Shearman, Julien Davies, % Bolton Hail and Ni :@. Putnam's Sons. Washington: W. H. rison. New York: G. Put jorrison. THE TALKING HORSE. By F. ‘York: United States Book Co. Washington: MEN. By Haxwan States “Book Co. THE SISTERS. A Tragedy. CHARLES SWINBURNE. States Book Co. Washington: Brentano's. MEMOIRS OF THE PRINCE DE TALLEYRAND. ‘Edited with a preface and notes by the Duc de Mrs. Angus Hall, DAUGHTERS OF By, ALGERNON sew York: United with an introduction by G. P. Putnam's Sons. EARTH BURIAL AND CRE! "8 G. CoBB. New York: ‘Washington: W. H. Morrison. ‘M_AND MODER: NERVOUS SYSTE! ‘Twousox, M.D. LL-D. |New ION. By Avavs- P. Putnam's Sons. WHEN A MAN'SSINGLE. A Tale of Literal THE STOLEN CHILD. Bi Baltimore: John Murp! THE LITTLE BOG-TROTTERS, Or A Few Days at Y CLARA MULHOLLAND, merous flinstrations. Baltimore: John Mur- | will 4 that after exempting all improvements from HENDRIE ConscIENcE. A COMMON MISTAKE. By Jz. ‘St. Paul: The Price-McGill C AR OF THE SEA. New York: National Book Co. ‘ANNE M. HOWELL. 1. The Veiled Plelad. By Wa. Haves ACKLAN. Washington: Gibson Bros. MAN IN POSSESSION. By Riva. New Washingto1 ——_—_+e+___ That 6th Street Cobble Pavement. To the Editor of The Evening Star: “Resident,” for his communication to Tae Sran of the 29th issue, has the thanks of all of his neighbors on 6th street between F and G streets northwest for calling the attention of the Commissioners to the cobblestone nuisance oneaid street. ‘The little strip of cobblestone is neither useful nor ornamental, but is abso- lutely detrimental to health and comfort of residents along the street. intolerable racket of heavily loaded wag hours of the day and night has become such a nuisance that the taxpayers in this vi of revolt. Petition has been filed at the District office pray relief, but no relief comes. In consequence of the cable cars running on 7th street the market travel has taken to 6th street, and, tokether with the unceasing roll of the heavy mail ns, it is endless noise and din. f the strip in front of the Interior Depart- ment is to receive attention it is most earnestly the | hoped that Commissioner Douglass and his col- leagues will heed the prayer of the 6th street residents in this matte: E. see ‘The Walks in Mt. Vernon Square. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: For a couple of years or more the walks in above mentioned square or park were becoming very much broken, and the people waited in vain for them to be repaired until early in the past winter an article appeared in your paper calling attention to their condition, and a few days afterward a walk made of boards was placed over the New York avenue walk, which The boards of that walk still re- main, although it is nearly the middle of sum- them so that, after a The continual and ‘The sun has war} rain, they hold pools o at the sides, they rock as you wal At the ends of some of thein the nails have lost their hold on the cross pieces below, and the tad up from one to three inches high for Indies to tear their dresses on and every one to stumble over unless they are careful. “Perhaps the authorities think they know their business, and perhaps they do, but, if so, they are not at~ to it in this case, and I would like to in- | tel em that it is long board walk should have new asphalt walk laid in its place and the rest of the walks repaired. In walking thro of the parks and circles farther west I walks perfectly smooth, without a crack or flaw, and see no renson why Mt. Vernon Park should ‘Mippie Nortawest. t the time when m taken up and be neglected so lang. Nominations by the President. The President has, sent to the Senate the following nominations of postmasters: Vermont—Samuel Bigwood, Winooski. Connecticut—Edwin Adams, South Nor walk; Nehemiah Jennings, Southport. New York—Florence A. Smith, Schoharie. New Jersey—Lonis McCloud, Enst Orange. wania—Jos. P. Carver, [cLean, Union City. Georgia—Bartow F. Carter, Cedartown. South Carolina— D. Texas—Leonard H. ‘Tennessee—Neil B. Lovelace, Martin. Fred. H. Powers, Starkville, Kentucky—Henry 8. Adams, Eminence, Miseouri—Robert F. Schofield, Edina; Lewis W. Brannon, Princeton; Edward T. Day, Mo- nett. adapt Jou H infantry, capta , jr., tenth infantry, first Commanders Wm. R. Bridgeman, Alex. H. McCormick, Albert ‘8. Barker, Chas. 8. Cotton and John E. Bartlett, tobe captains; Lieutenant Osborn, Watsoriville; Rosa. t laskell, twenty-third infantry, third Evan M. Johnson, YAY, jaf 2 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE SINGLE TAX IDEA. Ft Will Be First Put Into Practical Operation at Hynttaville. ‘The single tax method of raising funds by taxation has been proneunced a theoretical ab- wurdity. There has as yet been no practical test of this system in this country. By the ac- tion of the board of commissionersof : M4., at a meeting Thursday evening it will be demonstrated whether the single tax theory is a practical measure. For the coming year only the lnnd will be assessed, the improvements be- ing exempted. This action has more than a local significanee, as it is the first instance of a town in this country adopting this system asa basis of taxation. The rate has been in- creased from fifteen cents per hundred to twenty-five cents. The entire subject was ably ina subi b; § Birth and Jackson Hi Ralston the, commbittes onasecerments. ‘This report gives a brief re- prone doarhy od onal town in matters of taxation, as we: in the year 1886, we were gran its terms our annual levy of not to exceed 15 cents on the hundred dollars was re- shown by the existing assessment roll for state unger this charter ye levied taxes upon, in numbers, $8,400 Property, $105,000 in land values and 104,000 in improvements, |The inequalities and injustice of this state and county assess- ment were so manifest that in 1890 the then board of commissioners secured the of an act by the legislature authorizing ane make an annual assesment on the same subjects by three assessors and to levyasimilar tax upon the property remaining included therein after revision by the board. The first board elected atter the of this Soe re- pelvslss sy oe taxes xipen re ‘y, d this aon of mae calanaod by the county at about $15,000 in value, was dropped. ‘The following board (1891) passed a similar res- olution by a like vote. Jn January, 1892, the then board prepared and submitted Lt legislature (which en- acted it) a bill dropping personal property from the list of the mane of taxation and providing that ‘the board of Commissioners equalization and control of said ment, be- ing empowered with a political view for’ the government and benefit of the community to ors as they may deem just, &0.”” the power to exemp' tion and that this power should be exercised for clus From our local tax of 15 cents on the $100 there was payable last year to the town ona valuation for land and houses of $469,024 the sum of $708.58. This year the assessed value $369,709. Levying upon this at the increased Tate now allowed us of 25 cents per $100 our receipts would be $924.27. ‘Tho treasurer in- forms us that our rond tax rebate to be re- ceived from the county for the coming year ill equal $525. The result of all this will be taxation our receipts for the year will never- theloss exceed those of last year by €243. As the board is aware, we now have the power to levy special assessments which may increase one recelpts for the year by several hundred dollars in addition to the amount compared, therefore, with last year, after abol- ishing taxation on improvements, we will have very considerably more money to use for town urposes than any prior board, and, Prosting by their experience and. benefited by. their ork, we may fairly hope to accomplish more. ‘Hyattsville is not a town occupied by wealthy people. Its homes are modest, unpretentious and comfortable. It has no luxurious man- sions likely to excite the feeling that their occu- pants should be taxed upon their entire pos- sessions. This characteristic of the town is shown by the following tab! Houses assessed for $1,000 and under, Houses ansessed for $1,000 to $2,000. Honses assessed above 2,000 to 83,000 Houses assessed for €3,000 <8 (Stores included.) In exempting improvements generally from taxation we may feel that we are helping no very wealthy man. We will be assisting the modest householder. We earnestly recommend that the board de- duct and except from. taxation all improve- ments em! in the report of the assessors. ‘The report was discussed at length and then adopted by a vote of three to two. A resolption was offered by Mr. Charles H, Long and adopted providing that the board do- duct and except from taxation all improvements embraced in the report of the assessors and levy a tax of 25 cents per hundred on the re- maining property, which consists of land values exclusively. Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, who is a member of the board, has been an carnest udvocate of the single tax theory for = number of years past, and it is largely due to his efforts that public sentiment in Hyattsville has been changed on this subject. jee, HYATTSVILLE. Hyarrevitte, Mp., June 30, 1892. Correspondence of The Evening Star. During the thunder storm of Monday the residence of Mr. Chas. E, Beech was struck by lightning, ‘several holes were made in the tin roof and considerable damage done to other | portions of the house. A looking glass in the south room was «mashed in pieces, and the gilt moldings in the dining room were torn from their places. Mrs. Beech was stunned by the electric bolt while sitting in the kitchen. The hone in the drug store of Dr. Alfred-H. was rendered unfit for use, while vivid streaks of blue flame lit up the store. Two sheep were killed ine pasture bordering the Eastern branch near Bladensburg. The choir of Lafayette Lodge, No. 19, F. A. A. M., of the District of Columbia, gave a con- cert in the Presbyterian Church Wednesday even- ing for the benefit of the Masonic lodge of this lace. An attractive program was presented the following persons: Mes. John L. Shedd, rs. H. C. Browning, Miss Minnie E. Sim Edi eses. W. D. Me dered by Miss May Buck and Mr. F. E. Camp. A largeand appreciative audience was present and about $60 was realized. ‘The twenty-sixth anniversary of the Maryland Teachers’ Association will be held at the Blue Mountain Houge on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 5,6 and7. An elaborate pro- gram been ‘prepared for each day and a grand reunion of the teachers of the state is ex . Gov. Brown has been requested to Geliver the opening address, Mr. Percy Cox of the Richmond and Danville railroad has been transferred from Atlanta, Ga., to Washington and is now visiting rela- ives here. ti The town commissioners will shortly com- mence to make improvements on the public school house property. 1 closing exercises of the Hyatteville Academy took place today, and were Lowndes Wells and Daisy Walker, and a speci one for spelling was given to Miss Effie Ketner. Diplomas were received by Willie Smith, Albert Kanode, Clarence Walker, Lowndes Wells, How- Barnes, Bertie Skinner and Lillie Holten. ice cream and cake were served.¢ ‘The Hyatteville Base Ball Club’ will play the Weather Bureau team on the 9th of July. Mr. R. E. White has purchased the handsome dwelling of Mr. Lowndes on Ralston avenue. COUNTY NEWS. the ness: Ordered, that A. Hoen & Co. be paid @100 Printing county bonds; that under pre fienaed to this same are entitled to fl f ik a Hi upon the personal prop- erty, land and improvements in the town: as | clerk are hereby constituted a final board of appeal. | make such deductions or exceptions from and | additions to the assessment made by the assess- | The report then argues that the board has | pt imaprovernente fpom taxa-| the benefit of the community. It then con- | of land (exclusive of improvements) is fixed at | NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE. Matters of Interest in That Thriving Mary- land Town. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Rockvitix, June 80, 1892, In the orphans’ court Philemon M. Smith, executor of James 8. Kemp, deceased, has Passed his second and final account. The re- ports of sales made by John D. Purdum, exeou- tor of John 8. Purdum, deceased, to Miles E. ‘Linthicum and William L. Purdum, respectively, and by Frank P. Stone, executor of Olivia D. Stone, deceased, to Edgar B. Stocking and others, were ratified and confirmed bf the court. A very pretty marriage was colemnized Mon- day evening at the parsonage of the Baptist minister at this place by the resident pastor, Rev. L. R. Milbourne, the contracting parties being Mr. Albert T. Clayton, formerly of Balti- more, and Miss Cora V. Moulden, daughter of Mr. Eli Moulden of this place. A'large num- ber of the friends of the young couple were in attendance. It is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Clayton will make their future home in Wash- inge licenses have been issued by the of the cireuit court to the following par- ties: Franklin H. Kabler and Annie L. Dudrow; ‘athaniel P. Moore and Fannie D. Williams; Jas. W. Austin and Lucy V. " ‘Mr. Henry Beckwith, an old and well-known citizen of this county, Hied at his home at Red- land on Friday, in the eightieth year of his age. At the time of his death Mr. Beckwith was the old- est representative of a large family of that name in this section of the state.many of whom reside in the District. During the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal deceased was for several years employed as a superintendent upon that work. He was afterward employed by Col. Alfred Spates in conducting the busi- ness of the old Washington Hotel at this The annual examination of applicants for teachers’ certificates comm Wednes- day before Mr. John J. Higgins, public school examiner, and Mr. John H. Gassaway of the school board. Quite a large number of appii- cants were in attendance. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court during the past week: Nathan Bickford to Louisa Martin, lot 26, Bicktord’ subdivision near Rockville: Geo. C. Deane to Baltzley Bros., lot 32 and part of lot 38, block 13, Glen Ech: itzley Bros. to Geo. C. Deane, same ‘property; $—. Geo. Deane to Maria M. Hall, same property;,® Reuben B. Deitrick to Richard jorsey, two lotsat Kensington; $600. Thos. H. White to Alex- ander Bond, 1.65 acres of land at Oak Hill; Bruce Thomas to Evelyn V. Thomas, lot 6, sec. 19, Kensington Park; 3—. John E. Mitchell to John E. Beall, 8 acres near Bethesda; 8. Metropolitan Investment and Building Com- pany to Josiah C. Stoddard, lot 16, sec. 101, Garrett Park; $500. Same to Mabel L. Hemen- way, lot 21. sec. 108, Garrett Park; €400. Eliz~ h A. Willett, administratrix, to Henry Dove, 28 acres of land; #—. Ata meeting of the town council held last night an order was passed to advertise for Is for laying from 700 to 1,000 yards of brick pavement in the west end of the town and al?o for a quantity of broken stone to be used in mending the streets, Notice was also given to all owners of dogs that the taxes on the same must be paid at once. The Rockville Gun Club has accepted a chal- lenge from the Takoma team for a match con- test at the latter place.on Monday next, July 4. The Free Methodists of Philadelphia district, Pa., will hold an old-fashioned camp meeting near Avery Park, about three miles from this place, commencing July 13 and closing on the Messrs. Stocking and Barstow of Washington this week purchased of Messrs. John. Philip and Frank Stone forty-five acres of land in Potomac district for €5,000. Mr. G. W. Spof- forth of California will in a short time com- menee gold mining operations on the same. Mr. urice Williams of this town left here on Monday for Chamberlain, 8. D., where he. will engage in business. Mr. Jos. A. Taney of Clopper’s station, who’ | has been absent from home for some weeks isiting relatives at Ivy Mills, Pa, returned yesterday. Edward Gandy and Harry Mouidon, painters, who were badly injured by falling from a build. ing near Bethesda two weeks ago, have brought to their homes at this place. They are slowly recovering. ‘Mr. Jas. P. Biarys, a former resident of this town, has been appointed to a clerkship.in state treasure: ice at Annapolis. Prof. Lee Davis Lodge and family of Gaith- ersburg will sail from New York on July 9 on the steamer Arizona for a visit to England, France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. They will return home during September. On Wednesda; jury was empaneled here to inquire into the sanity of Caroline N. Ray, John 8. Ray and Samuel Goodman. They were all declared insane and the same day sent to an asylum at Frederick City. The Indies of Christ Episcopal Church will give & lawn party on the grounds of Messrs. ‘m. Conard and W. P. Mason, this place, on the evening of the 4th of Jul; Information has been received here of the sudden death at Silver City, Mont., on June 17, of Mr. Malotha A. Ricketts, son of the late Richard E. Ricketts of this place. While en- gaged in carpenter's work on a mine shaft he el down the same, a distance of 400 feet, and was terribly mangled. He was thirty- it, years of age and leaves a widow and two chil- drei n. Miss Mamie Ordeman of Philadelphia is at resent visiting the family of Mr. Eugene lughes of Poolesville district. After the labor of several weeks the county commissioners have completed the tax levy for this year. The tax rate is placed at 903 cents on the $100, the same as last year. The items of county expenses are as follows: Out pension- ers, $4,890; alms house, $2,460. fees, #2,191.65; collectors, $4,400: 1,025.33; court expenses, 85,000; clerk court, $2,634.32; court house bonds, $3,880; road fund for incorporated towns, $1,472.80 court house and jail, #1.866.05; elections, $504; 84.50; indigent fuel $1,000; inquests, @84.60; indigent £5,000; Justices of the peace, $817.20; Janitor courthouse, $360: board of health, hans’ court, €704; printing and ot ; Eijsss.90; pauper’ Eofiins,” $240.40; publ schools, $25,000; removed cases, $588; tion of voters, $1,065.63; register of wills, $268.24; roads and bridges, $20,221.04: sheriff, $2,903.20; taxes in error, $230.48; miscellaneous, 2,776.73. Total, $90,223.96. 8.4 M. Pisin Mr. Compton's Course. Hyartsvitte, Mp., June 30, 1892. To the Fditor of The Evening Star: Tnotice Hon. Barnes Compton announces he has been anxious to aid in retaining the Senate amendments to the appropriation bill for the District of Columbia and did not urge a reduo- tion in the items mentioned in eni@bill appro- priating money for public purposes. The writer knows Mr. Compton has been in to favor of contraction; that without the real interests of the fifth district of Mary- land or the District of Columbia Mr. Compton has favored, spoken and voted for jue tions in the use of money which would redound largely to the interests of Prince "sand other Maryland counties adjacent to Washing- ton, His speech in Congress when the bill was first considered and his talk today in the House of Representatives: indicate Darrow and com. stantly contracting policy so far as the District cocetned: Me of Columbia is con: .. Compton, more than any other member of Congress, bas con- stituents employed and owning realestate in the District of ee en ety Gy an 4 e "Tae Sran is right in the information it gave After the exercises refreshments in the shape of | the publi Paixcz Groner. ——__ Campaign. Mr. Gladstone started Wednesday from Ha- warden for the campaign in Midlothian. He insane, of 1.50; or- DIDNT PLEASE THE PEOPLE. ‘The Ohio Delegation to the Chicago Con- tion in the party ranks in this state as the ac- tion of the Ohio delegation to the republican national convention at Minneapolis did. One who bas paid the least attention to Ohio politics and talked with the rank and file of the demo- cratic party in this state must be convinced that the democracy of Ohio is strongly for Cleveland. While many of the leaders were openly opposing Mr. Cleveland's nomination the rank and file of the democratic party was leader again. As Judge Allen Thurman has put it, the fact that he received euch an overwhelm- ing vote on the Siret ballot. in spite of the con- nce v party leaders to defen him, ie unmistakable evidence of Cleveland’ Poptlarity with the rank and file of the part; DISSATISFIED WITH SEXATOR BRICK. A great deal of unfavorable comment upon Senator Brice’s action is heard here now. Dem- ocrats say he is not to be biamed for holding the opinion that Mr. Cleveland was not the most desirable te, but when be maw that everything was ward Clevel wor have been but [~ ebpen pd and prudence and policy to-have followed suit and thus placed Ohio's democracy in a better light. ‘The Thurman Club of this city is in a rage be- cause of the treatment they received from Sen- tor Brice. Before leaving this city for Chicago they had the assurance of Mr. Brice that would see that all members of that organization who went to Chicago should secure admission to the convention hall. Being chairman of the national committee the twenty-five or thirty members who went to Chicago believe tt would. have been an easy matter for him to fulfill his were known to be solid for Cleveland and would | have hurrahed for the ex-President. Senatot Brice is an honorary member of ti lub and there is some talk of expelling him, but it is nor likely that the club will go so far. LITTLE POLITICAL ENTHUSIASM. The news of Cleveland's nomination was re- ceived here in about the same passive manner as the news of Harrison's nomination. There was no outburst of enthusiasm, and yet, as in | the case of the republican nomination, it un- | doubtedly suite the party better than any other | World wars loudly clamoring for his selection as party | THE BEAN ESTATE AGAIN, Relatives From Mains Lay Claim to the Deg ‘Texan's Millions. Tt looks as if the famous controversy over the Bean estate might be reopened again throug, the suit of anew set of beirs claiming nearer | Kinship than those who got a judgment in their |favor. A Boston special to the New York F. F. Crommett of the Suf- folk bar is in the west collecting evidence ins suit to determine the disposition of €2,000,009 left by aman who died inan obscure Texas town five years ago and whiche Texas court | has once awarded, in the absence of the trae heir, to some people in Virginin and the Distriet of Columbia, Since that decision wns rendered the real heirs, most of them living up in the ‘oods of Maine, have bear! by accident the death and wealth of their kinsman, and « j lawrers have for the pas The bor a | home until he was seventeen years old and them went into the Kennebec woods !: doy was fragal and «av enone im due him father appeared in Bar money, whereupon the young man vowed never to see hia fath his way to Boston on a ce After living hereabouts until 1840 Thomes | leaving an unclaimed estate of 85,000 acres | tend and $500,000 in government bonds, mort and money in bank, the wh | $2,000,000. He had lived and die an‘ left no will. It soon appeared, however, that the estate had been claimed recently. Two families, the Howards of Alexandria, Va. and t ft Washington, D. C., claiming to be childron af two sisters of Thomas Benn, hed Inid claim tm the Texas courts to the a * mill » and had, in the a! claimants. get judgment, uncontested, against the adminis trator. The counsel for the Maine claimants say that the evidence of the | only nephews and } 5 even @ Te ve of the millionaire and | further claim to be able to prove that the latter never had a sister. is right will mined by the decision in a Maine claimants, which is that could have been made. Leading men of | both parties who have been interviewed here express satisfaction with the nominations, and from present indications it does not seem likely that there will be amy great defection from | either . The strength of the Fortker faction in this state und the fact thet in the early part of his administration President Ha: rison practically ignored Ohio republicans may ro- | have a tendency to somewhat reduce the usual republican majority in Ohio, but Ohio is safe enough for Tepublicans not to lose any sleep or money over it. PROSPECTS OF CONGREASIONAL CAXDIDATES. About one-half of the congressional nomina- tions have been made. The others will follow in rapid succession, now that the national and state conventions are over. Congressman J. M. Pattison of the present sixth district will in all probability be succeeded by John Hulick of Batavia, as the latter has been nominated by a the district is overwhelm- Iv repu . Congressman Gantz will doubtless surrender his seat to the republican nominee, George Wilson of London, who last week, as'a dark horse, took the nomination away from ex-Speaker J. W. Keifer, John R. Locke and other Prominent republicans. This district is also undoubtedly republican. Con- gressman A. J. Pierson, who finds himself now in the sixteenth district and will be renomi nated, will be succeeded undoubtedly by Col. ©. L. Poorman of Bellaire, editor of the Bellaire Tribune and at mt secretary of state, ha ing been appointed by Gov. McKinley to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel J. Ryan, now Ohio's world’s fair executive commis sioner. Among the Tepublican Congressmen who wilco oxaag Kosh'tp mo seme thr were retired from by the last democratic gerry- mander, are Gen. W. H. Enochs of Ironton,who will be elected in the tenth district, and Gen. Chas. H. Grosvenor of Athens, who will be elected in the eleventh district! Joseph H. Outhwaite, who has been nominated, will un- doubtedly be elected from this, the twelfth dis- trict, TRE STATE CONTEST THIS PALL. Conservative democrats are inclined to look ‘upon the nomination of Col. W. A. Taylor by the democrats for secretary of state as unfor- tunate for several reasons. Col. Taylor bas been the political writer for the Cincinnati Enguirer Ssnisndin peel oomny papainenen eae heme att a many rej who have become his implacable enemies and’ will leave no stone unturned to accomplish his defeat. He has been identified also with the clement of the democracy here which has op} the nomination of ex-President Cleveland and thus offended the Cleveland democrats, who will not be enthusiastic «uj of his at the Whi i fo very any prediction as to that there Capon Springs. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Written for The Evening Star The Flowing Stren See the sllvery stroamlet Qowing Softis to the distant sea, Never pausing, ever gotng, Hear its melody! Flowers on its banks are blowing Sweetly for the humming bee. @ Stately trees are shadows throwing Onit silentis. "Mong their branches sound the voices Of the feathered songsters gay, While the stivery stream rejoices, Flowing on its way. See the silvery treamlet flowing Onward to the mighty main, Never pausing, ever going, Hear its soft refrain! Now tt giides o'er pebbies gaily, Now it wanders throug the lea; Tcould watch its waters daily Flowing tothe sea. Sec the ripples how they tremble Softiy on ite bosom bright, Sparkling diamonds ther resemble “Ngath the sunbeams’ light! Stream of life, with ceaseless motion! Mayst thou flow thus peacefully Onward to the boundiess oceay Of eternity! See the silver streamiet flowing Softly to tie distant sea, ‘Never pansing, ever golug, Hear tts melods Hyattsville, Ma., Ju ‘To the Editor of The Evening Ster Asaconstant reader I am glad to sce thet your paper advocates improved highways, | though toe stranger from some may seem that Washington requires little in | that line. Buatasa daily traveler bet thie | rising «uburb of Anacostia and your city [ realize that our national legislature bes at ite very doors numerous eviden cation on the part of the people roadmaking just such educa making” department in the ( tion, with proper means to make it an object Jeason,could give, to the practical benefit of the whole country. > An instance by no means solitary is ¢ section of M street, recently paved, between iith street and the navy yard. It is’ so rough that both safety and comfort oblige one to walk the | horses, and by the recent storm even the molls- | fring mand has been washed away and cur poor | animals slip, slide and imble the thim ends of cobble stones that, unlike their human neighbors, each elbow the others up in search of a lower place for themselves. Even after one has reached in safety the asphalt of Sth Street he must be watchful to avoid the deep holes between M and L streets, though the Pavement was made not two months ago. The condition of the roads in many parte of the city and many parte of the District which we have. observed would make an English farmer grum- ble loudly if within the route to his market town. and his family would all alight and prefer walking rather than risk life and limb in a car ciage upon what they would pronounce an im- ble way. This is no exaggeration, but what we have seen there. With roads are included bridges, of course; and it is surprising that at this day 220 street Carox Srarxos, W. Va, June 30, 1892. There is a special charm about Capon these cars and over 1.000 teams and carriages daily mast “walk their horses” over the 1,240 feet of early summer days that must be felt to be ap- preciated. Everything now is at its freshest | the bridge across the Eastern branch of the Potomac near the navy yard, and ina «ingle file each way, because the nineteen feet sit and sweetest. An atmosphere of home seems to hover over the place, while among the guests inches of roadway will not allow more and the three-inch plank roadbed will wear out tos idly if trotting is allowed. an absence of formality prevails, very pleasant to those who, tired out with the winter's rush, enjoy a brief interval of quiet relaxation before encountering the suceessive gayeties of the later season. The entire summer this year one of unusual suscess and brilliancy oven for ‘one is never known. In there is further delay if even a fintboot of sand chances to come along when the tide i# not sufficiently low to require the use of poles to propel it, end perhaps even then, for « trap door in the bridge floor (it cannot be styled @ “draw”) must then be raised « sufficient nom ber of inches to allow it to pass under, for ak full tide that fioor is but two feet above the was a shade | dropped from the rolls of the sixth auditor’ office, lost her position because she was a cousin of ex-Secretary Blaine and that this is a begin- the administration on Mr. ‘Office, Secretary Chas. i iti fe ri [e E ti e a i Hi Th Hy is ih EE sé itt fel He ik i should be raised not less than ten fect, broad~ ‘ned to not less than sixty fect, and floored with material thit would not tx the time of the public at the rate of over 600 houre daily. The fact that, notwi i the neglect of the government to make and appropriation for its share of such improve- ments, in de t z j HE Heat Hells huate il